Shaving-brush and soap-holder.



M. SOHMITZ.

SHAVING BRUSH' AND SOAP HOLDER Q APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. 1901' I W/ TNE SSE S PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

IilA'llllAS SGHMITZ, OF SOHENECTADY, NE YORK.

SHAVING-B RUSH AND SOAP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1997.

Application find May,3,190' 7 Serial is. 371,669.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Mlvrnms SCHMITZ, a subject. of the German Emperor, and a resident of Schenectady,

in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Shaving-Brush and Soapdiolder, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description.

The object of the invention isto provide a new and fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodimentof the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts man the views.-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement, parts being in section; Fig. 2'is a side elevation of the twopart box for carrying the combined brush and soap holder; Fig. 3 is a sectional'plan view of the improvement on the line 3.3 of Fig. 1'; Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1i Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation oithe soap .stick and its holder,

and Fig. 6 is a sectional side elevation ofa modified form of the fastening device for removably securing the brush to the casing.

The tubular casing A for the combined shaving brush and soap holder carries at one end a brush B, and within the casing A is slidable mounted a holder C supporting a soap stick D adapted to be projected beyond the casing A, at the end opposite the one carrying the brush B, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. When using the brush B or the soap stick D the casing A forms-the handle, to permit the operator to conveniently mani nllatc the brush and the soap stick for their legitimate purposes.

In order to fasten the brush B axially-in phsition on the casing A, one end of" the latter is provided with in tegial arms A overlapping at the middle of the casing, the overlapped ends of the arms A being engaged by-a rivet 13 held on the butt B of the brush B, so as to secure the brush ll permanently in'place on the arms A of the casing A. Itdesired the brush' B may be removably attached to the arms A, and in this'case see Fig. 6), the overlapped arms A are engaged by a rivet E having an enlarged head in which screws the screw soap stick (see Fig. 1). I the recesses B then the soap stick D is completely B secured on the butt B of the brush B. Thus by 'uh- I screwing the brush B from the rivet E another brush can be substituted in' case the original brush is worn out.

The holder 0 for the soap stick is in the form ol'a 'cap havinginwardly extending prongs F, to securely hold the end of the soap stick D-in place wheri'the latter is forced intothe cap 0, as indicated in Fig. .5, i i

,Inorderto permit ready entrance of the soap stick D into the cap C, the outer edge of the side of'the holder is sharpened (see Figs. 1 andb) and on the outside of the holder and at diametrically opposite points are secured lugs G having shanks G for buttons G the shanks G extending through elongated slots H arranged lengthwisein the wall of the casing A, as plainly indicated in the drawings. The slots H are provided at their ends with laterally extending recesses H, H and a similar recess H is at or near the middleoi the slot H. Now by the operation described, the operator having hold of the buttons can turn the holder C and the stick D within the casing A, to move the shanks Gr inv or out of engagement with the recesses H, H When the shanks G are out of the recesses H, H 11, they extend in the slots 11, and the operator can now slide the holder C and the stick D carried thereon in a lengthwise' direction, to either withdraw the'stick D within the casing A or to project the stick D beyond the end of the casing whenever it-is desired to make use of the When the shanks G engage withdrawn within the casing A, and when the soap stick is first used it is only necessary to move the holder C outward until the shanks G engage the recesses H and when the soap stick becomes gradually smaller, the holder 0 is moved further outward and the shanks are engaged with the recesses 11'-. Thus by the arrangement described, the soap stick D can be almost completely used before it is necessary to place a new stick into theholdcrC.

The casin r A is rovided between its ends with extcrior shoulders I, and the combined, shaving brush and soap holder can be readily stored in a box .l made of leather or other suitable material, and formed of two parts J, I slipped over the ends of the casing A and the brush B at the time the'soap stick drawn position.

By rciercmcc to Fig. 2, it will be scelnthat the box part J is provided with recesses .I for the passage of the ,bllttODS G", and thebox part .l"- is provided .with recesscs J for accommodating the shoulders i, so that the combined shaving brush and soap holder is held against. longitudinal movement within the box .I'.

The shaving brush and soap holder shown and described is very simple and durablein comma-lion,- is

D is in a withcomposed of comparativeiy few parts, and is in very 5 and desire to secure by Letfcers Patent: v

1 in a coinbined shaving brush and soap holder, 3 casing-prqvided'with oppositely arranged and longitndinnlly extending slots efich slot having at its ends oppositely prdjectlng laterai recesses and intermediate of its ends a 10 third iaterai recess, and ,a,soap holder, cal-uprising a cap having on its innerface inwardly projecting prongs and on its outer face oppositely arranged shanks working in the sioiz s and recesses of the casing and provided with bub 15 {2. iii. coinhineds hiiving brush and soap holder, a Gasing foiholding a stick of soap provided at one end with invvnrdiy-egrtending'arms having overlapping ends, and ii brnsh having itdbutt end secured tothe saldnrms.

3."In a cbinliine'd shaving brush and sonp holder. 3 cas- Having thus desfiribedniy invention, I claim as new in for holding a stick of soap provided \viih overlapping: arms, a rivet secured to the overlapping arms of thep'nelmz and having a threuded socket, and a brush having a screw inits butt end and screwing into the sovket of the rivet.

,4. The pornbination of a slotted casing lillViillI ii hrw h nt one end and provided with a sliding soap carrier having:

projections working in the slot of: the casing, the minim: being provided with exterior shoulders. and n Lwn part: box for receiving the casing imd brush. one part of the inn: being provided at its open end with :i recesn fur the pun sage of the projections of the soup carrier and the other with recesses wreceive the shoulders 01' the casing whom by the casing and ln'ushcan he stored in the host and hold from longitudinal movement therein.

in testixnuny whereof i have signed my nnmn i0 IhiH specificatimriri the presibnce of two subscribing witnesses.

- .JA'iiiiAS Silliiii'lyl.

Witns,ea EDGAR L. Mmi'rm,

JAMES M. Cumvh. 

